Highlights and goal: Cyprus 1-0 Greece in UEFA Nations League 2022-23

FULL TIMELast update 4:43 PM ET

90+6'4:43 PM ET4 years ago

END OF THE MATCH!

The match ends at the AEK Arena. GREAT WIN FOR CYPRUS! Tzionis' goal was enough for the 1-0 final score against Greece to keep their hopes of staying in UEFA Nations League C alive.

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90'4:35 PM ET4 years ago

Additional time

Six more minutes will be played in the match.

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87'4:34 PM ET4 years ago

Yellow card

Taxiarchis Fountas was cautioned in Greece.

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80'4:26 PM ET4 years ago

Final stretch of the match

There are 10 minutes left to the end of the match. Greece has not found the way to an equalizer and is running out of time.

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76'4:22 PM ET4 years ago

Three changes for Cyprus

Marios Antoniades, Andronikos Kakoulli and Alexander Gogic come in for Nicholas Ioannou, Pieros Sotiriou and Grigoris Kastanos.

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70'4:21 PM ET4 years ago

20 minutes to go

We are 25 minutes into the second half. The score remains 1-0 for now.

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64'4:19 PM ET4 years ago

Cyprus Substitution

Antreas Karo replaces Marinos Tzionis.

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63'4:10 PM ET4 years ago

GREECE HAD IT!

GREAT SAVE BY KOSTAS PANAYI! The Cypriot goalkeeper saved his team from an equalizer after a shot from outside the box by Taxiarchis Fountas, which he managed to get his hands on and deflect off the crossbar.

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58'4:07 PM ET4 years ago

Cyprus substitution

Charalampos Charalampous replaces Loizos Loizou.

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58'4:06 PM ET4 years ago

Greece substitution

Fotios Ioannidis replaces Anastasios Bakasetas.

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55'4:03 PM ET4 years ago

Still 1-0

The second half continues to lack momentum. Few approaches so far in this period.

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50'4:01 PM ET4 years ago

First minutes of second half

The game is still 1-0 for now. The start of the second half has not had much pace.

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3:53 PM ET4 years ago

Second half begins

The match restarts with two changes for Greece with Andreas Bouchalakis and Taxiarchis Fountas replacing Manolis Siopis and Anastasios Douvikas.

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45+2'3:38 PM ET4 years ago

End of the first half

The first 45 minutes end with the partial victory of Cyprus by the minimum difference.

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45'3:36 PM ET4 years ago

Additional time

Two more minutes will be played in the first half.

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40'3:34 PM ET4 years ago

Last five minutes

The end of the first half is near. Cyprus is still winning for now.

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35'3:26 PM ET4 years ago

Final stretch of the first half

The intensity of the game dropped in the last minutes. 10 to go in the first half.

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30'3:19 PM ET4 years ago

Half hour of match

Cyprus continues to win with a certain tranquility, but there is also the feeling that it is a very open game.

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24'3:13 PM ET4 years ago

CYPRUS HAD IT!

Now it was Odisseas Vlachodimos who came to the fore, saving what could have been the second goal from Pieros Sotiriou's shot.

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21'3:10 PM ET4 years ago

GREECE CAME CLOSER!

Great save by Kostas Panayi from a Dimitris Pelkas shot in front of goal.

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18'3:08 PM ET4 years ago

GOOOOAL for Cyprus

MARINOS TZIONIS! The striker scores after receiving a pass into space from Grigoris Kastanos and scored in front of Odisseas Vlachodimos.

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17'3:06 PM ET4 years ago

Cyprus missed it!

Loizos Loizou received a masterful pass from Pieros Sotiriou, shot at the right post, but the ball went wide.

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15'3:04 PM ET4 years ago

First quarter of the match!

The score remains 0-0 for now. We have had no clear chances to score so far.

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8'3:00 PM ET4 years ago

Yellow card

Manolis Siopis was cautioned in Greece.

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4'2:52 PM ET4 years ago

Greece came closer

Douvikas missed it! The striker was left alone in front of goal after a previous header by a teammate in the area, but he failed to direct his header on target.

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2:47 PM ET4 years ago

Match starts!

The match between Cyprus and Greece gets underway.

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2:46 PM ET4 years ago

Match officials

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov - Belarus
Assistant No.1: Dmitri Zhuk - Belarus
Assistant No.2: Oleg Maslyanko - Belarus
Fourth official: Dzmitry Dzmitryieu - Belarus
VAR: Bartosz Frankowski - Poland
VAR Assistant: Pawel Pskit - Poland

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2:42 PM ET4 years ago

Teams on the field

It's all set at the AEK Arena! The players of Cyprus and Greece take the field.

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2:40 PM ET4 years ago

All set

In a few moments the teams will take the field.

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2:40 PM ET4 years ago

Substitutes - Greece

12. Alexandros Paschalakis (GK), 13. Vassilis Barkas (GK), 03. Giorgos Kiriakopoulos, 05. Andreas Bouchalakis, 08. Sotirios Alexandropoulos, 14. Lazaros Rota, 15. Ioannis Papanikolaou, 16. Taxiarchis Fountas, 18. Dimitris Goutas, 19. Konstantinos Koulierakis, 20. Fotios Ioannidis, 22. Tasos Chatzigiovanis.

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2:40 PM ET4 years ago

Starting XI - Greece

1-4-2-3-1

| 01. Odisseas Vlachodimos |

| 11. Anastasios Bakasetas | 23. Manolis Siopis | 06. Dimitris Kourbelis |

| 07. Giorgos Masouras | 09. Anastasios Douvikas | 10. Dimitris Pelkas |

Coach: Gus Poyet

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2:40 PM ET4 years ago

Substitutes - Cyprus

12. Demetris Demetriou (GK), 22. Ioakeim Toumpas (GK), 02. Andreas Karo, 03. Marios Antoniades, 06. Alexander Gogic, 07. George Efrem, 09. Dimitris Christofi, 11. Charalampos Charalampous, 13. Nikolas Panayiotou, 15. Fotis Papoulis, 16. Pavlos Korrea, Andronikos Kakoulli.

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2:40 PM ET4 years ago

Starting XI - Cyprus

1-4-3-3

| 01. Kostas Panayi |

| 08. Chambos Kyriakou | 20. Grigoris Kastanos | 18. Kostakis Artymatas |

| 17. Loizos Loizou | 10. Pieros Sotiriou | 21. Marinos Tzionis |

Coach: Temuri Ketsbaia

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2:40 PM ET4 years ago

All set at the AEK Arena for the match

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2:40 PM ET4 years ago

Last five games - Greece

June 12, 2022 - UEFA Nations League: 2-0 vs Kosovo (Won)

June 9, 2022 - UEFA Nations League: 3-0 vs Cyprus (Won)

June 5, 2022 - UEFA Nations League: 0-1 vs Kosovo (Won)

June 2, 2022 - UEFA Nations League: 0-1 vs Northern Ireland (Won)

March 28, 2022 - Friendly: 1-0 vs Montenegro (Lost)

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2:40 PM ET4 years ago

Last five matches - Cyprus

June 12, 2022 - UEFA Nations League: 2-2 vs. Northern Ireland

June 9, 2022 - UEFA Nations League: 3-0 vs Greece (Lost)

June 5, 2022 - UEFA Nations League: 0-0 vs. Northern Ireland

June 2, 2022 - UEFA Nations League: 0-2 vs Kosovo (Lost)

November 14, 2021 - WC Qualifiers: 2-1 vs Slovenia (Lost)

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2:40 PM ET4 years ago

Squad List - Greece

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2:40 PM ET4 years ago

Squad List - Cyprus

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2:40 PM ET4 years ago

Welcome back

We are now ready to bring you the action from this match between Cyprus and Greece in Matchday 5 of the UEFA Nations League 2022-23.

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